Synapse section on menu bar

[Zath]

Dumb question but I just rebuilt 1.6RC1 with Synapse lpk and it went through the motions and then closed.
After restarting Laz, I expected to have Synapse as another component menu option across the top.
Is that right or am I being an idiot ?

[Leledumbo]

I'm not gonna say you're an idiot, but the .lpk in synapse package is a runtime package only. No (visual) component registered there (see "IDE Integration" in the package options). There was visual synapse but that seems to be from different author and looks dead. After all, synapse is intended to be used non-visually.

[Zath]

I'm not gonna say you're an idiot, but the .lpk in synapse package is a runtime package only. No (visual) component registered there (see "IDE Integration" in the package options). There was visual synapse but that seems to be from different author and looks dead. After all, synapse is intended to be used non-visually.

Thanks Leledumbo, I have used D5, D7 and D2007 Delphi and was pretty sure the option was there before.
If I don't ask, I won't know. I'd rather sound dumb on a forum than sit in front of the screen pulling my remaining hair out trying to figure out what's going wrong !

[Thaddy]

There's a case to be made to revive that, but it has to be from scratch and minimal.
Can be done in weeks. I volunteer. email known. Time on hand. Need help (not about the code!, about components in Laz and only that)

btw: not everything needs to have a design component.

[Leledumbo]

btw: not everything needs to have a design component.

Indeed, I would use lNet instead of synapse if I need RAD networking component. But synapse feels more natural to be coded by hand.

[Zath]

All I'm doing is trying to make a patcher for a game.
The initial idea is to simply tie in an action on the Start button so it will automatically look for and download 3 small files that constantly change.
Eventually it will check the player's local files with the server hosted files and amend accordingly.

[Leledumbo]

All I'm doing is trying to make a patcher for a game.
The initial idea is to simply tie in an action on the Start button so it will automatically look for and download 3 small files that constantly change.
Eventually it will check the player's local files with the server hosted files and amend accordingly.

You don't need 3rd party libraries for that, TFPHTTPClient is more than capable.

[Zath]

You don't need 3rd party libraries for that, TFPHTTPClient is more than capable.

Oh really.
I'll have a look-see.
Thanks !!